Method of making platform sandals



June 9, 1953 c. RAPHAEL] ETAL 2,641,005

METHOD OF MAKING PLATFORM SANDALS Filed Feb. 25, 1951 INVENTORS V m HA EL! "4 5 Mel IVKaV W 2 ATTO R N E Y Patented June 9, 1953 ,td-LMS METHOD F MAKING PLATFORM SANDALS Chaim Raphaeli and Israel Minkov, Tel Aviv, Israel, assignors to Naaley Magen Limited, Tel Aviv, Israel, a company of Israel Application February 23, 1951, Serial No. 212,342 In Israel July 17, 1950 2 Claims. 1

The invention relates to shoes, and more especially to ladies shoes of the kind having a relatively thick insert between the inner sole and the outer sole, this insert being of cork and/or a wood layer, the exposed edge of which is covered by a strip of leather. According to a customary process of manufacturing shoes of this kind the edges of the loose inner sole, the loose upper and the covering strip are at first sewn together, with the strip lying during this sewing with its flesh side outwards. After the sewing the covering strip is turned down with the hair side outwards whereby a cavity is formed by the lower side of the inner sole and the encircling strip. Into this cavity is placed the insert, and the free edge of the covering strip is turned down onto the insert and fastened thereto whereupon the outer sole is affixed. It is a serious defect of this man ufacturing method that the mentioned seam connecting the upper, the insole, and the covering strip often breaks. The shoe is then almost irreparable.

According to another customary method of making shoes of the type referred to the insert is at first covered along its edge with the strip. The edge of the upper with a connected therewith inner sole is then placed and cemented to the upper side of the insert, the outer sole being connected to the outer side of the insert. Considering that the edge of the upper or the ends of straps constituting an upper must be firmly held between the insert and the insole, the latter must be of a superior quality and thickness in order to reliably hold said edge of the upper or the ends of the straps.

According to the invention the edge of the insert is at first covered along and around with the strip, which insert may already have been connected with an insole. Then the edge of the upper or the ends of the straps are fastened on the outer side of the insert, i. e. on the underside of the insert, in contradistinction to the hitherto practised fastening on the upper side of the insert. The edge of the upper or the ends of the straps are now reliably incorporated between the insert and the outer sole without causing any discomfort to the user. Moreover no substantial inner sole is any more needed, a thin inner sole of split leather or a textile are quite sufficient. The rear straps of the shoe are also fixed between the insert and the heel.

The invention is illustrated by way of example in the appended drawing wherein Fig. 1 is an elevational view of a low heeled new shoe; Fig. 2 shows a cross section on the line II-II of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 shows a high heeled shoe.

The construction of the new shoe is best seen from the cross-section thereof shown in Fig. 2. There the cork insert is denominated by the numeral l. The wedge-like rear part i of the insert is of wood. The circumferential face of the insert is covered by the strip 2. The upper edge of the latter is sewn to an inner sole 3 of thin leather and its lower edge is bent over the lower side of the insert and cemented thereto. The so prepared insert is placed on a last, and the upper material 4 consisting of several straps is pulled over the last and its free ends are fixed by an adhesive or otherwise on the lower side of the insert. The leather covered heel 5 is now attached to the rear part of the insert, the rear strap 4 being thereby firmly held between insert and heel. Finally the outer sole 6 and a heel top lift 1 are fastened to the shoe. The rear strap is the most strained, it would be within the scope of the invention, if only the rear straps would be fastened in the manner described.

The high heeled shoe according to Fig. 3 is built up on analogous lines.

From the above description it is apparent that with the new shoe the liability of the straps becoming loose is highly diminished or wholly eliminated.

What we claim is:

1. Method of making platform shoes composed of an insert or platform of cork, a strip of leather covering circumferentially the edge of the platform. an inner sole on and an outer sole underneath the platform, an upper composed of straps, the straps being arranged in spaced relation to expose between them the strip covering the edge of the platform and the ends of the straps being fastened between the platform and the outer sole, characterised by performing in succession the following steps: sewing together the edge of the inner sole with an edge of an erect strip thus forming a deepened trough, inserting the platform into the formed trough, bending the other edge of the strip around the edge of the inserted platform and fastening it to the exposed outer side of the platform, afiixing the ends of the upper-straps to the edge-covered portion of the platform, and finally fastening the outer sole to the affixed ends of the straps and the edge of the platform Where it is covered with the strip.

2. Method as claimed in claim 1, when applied to sgoes, wherein the rear part of the insert is of woo CHAIM RAPHAELI. ISRAEL MINKOV.

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